Beyond the Number: Building Trust Through Science, Entrepreneurship, and Laboratory Excellence
Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Time: 9:00AM EST |1:00PM GMT | 2:00PM WAT | 3:00PM CAT | 4:00PM EAT
What does it take to build scientific institutions that people can trust? Laboratory results are rarely just numbers. They can influence patient care, environmental decisions, product quality, regulatory compliance, business decisions, and public safety.
Join Africa 2100 for an engaging conversation with Brandy Young, PhD, as she shares how her journey from analytical scientist to entrepreneur and laboratory founder shaped her vision for building institutions where scientific rigor, quality, integrity, and trust are foundational.
What we’ll explore:
- Why trustworthy scientific data matters—and what it takes to produce it
- The systems that transform a sample into a defensible decision
- The importance of sampling, analytical methods, quality control, data integrity, ethics, and regulatory context
- Why sophisticated equipment alone cannot guarantee reliable results
- Lessons from building and leading a laboratory enterprise
- Applications across emerging drug testing, environmental analysis, pharmaceutical testing, and food testing
- How scientific infrastructure can create economic opportunity and develop people